W'e’re delighted to announce a new online 20 week tarot course with Second Sight Practitioner and assistant Anja Dziedzic, divided into two ten week blocks. This course was designed by Jez Hughes with Anja adding her magic and experience to it and is now a collaborative effort. It is designed to get you up to a professional standard (many previous participants have gone on to become professional readers) and is open to both beginners and more experience practitioners alike.
It is also serves as a very good adjunct to any shamanic work, and by learning in depth a divination system, helps our work immeasurably. Tarot is one of the best ones we have in the West.
Please see more details by clicking the link below.
https://secondsighthealing.com/20-week-tarot-course
Places are limited so if this calls to you then please get in touch
New Online Introduction to Shamanism Course
ONLINE INTRODUCTION TO SHAMANISM
This course introduces participants to the ancient path of shamanism, covering all the key tenets of the path. It is designed to act as an immersion into the world of the shaman over a nine month period, whereby regular online meetings and ceremonies will be supplemented with rituals and practice to be done by participants in their own time. This will involve a journey of discovery, transformation and healing. Particular focus will be on:
Introducing and strengthening participants connection with their spiritual allies
Providing a solid framework to enhance this connection and provide context and a container for all the shamanic work
Mastering the practice of going into trance on a regular basis to access wisdom and power from the invisible realms
Connecting to and healing ancestral lineages
Strengthening spiritual connections with your local environment and the spirits that reside there, to ground and solidify the work.
As with all Second Sight offerings, the intention is to make the path of shamanism accessible and relevant to the modern world, whilst retaining and honouring its authentic, indigenous roots. The course is a good preliminary and preparation for more in depth work like the more extensive three- five year practitioner trainings offered by Second Sight.
More information here
New Book- The Wisdom of Mental Illness- Shamanism, Mental Health & the Renewal of the World
Jez’s new book ‘The Wisdom of Mental Illness- Shamanism, Mental Health & the Renewal of the World’ by Watkins Publishing will be released on November 9th 2021. For more information please follow the link below
The Shamanic Path: The Art of Transformation ONLINE WORKSHOP at The College of Psychic Studies
Transformation, be it personal or global, is an essential part of shamanism. In order to live true and authentic lives, in service to spirit, we must engage in regular acts of conscious transformation by letting go of aspects of our being that no longer serve us, and welcoming in an expanded version of ourselves.
Yet, transformation isn't always easy and in these times of seemingly constant changes and upheavals, we need this mastery probably more than ever.
In this workshop, we will explore the art behind the practise of transformation - how to consciously embrace it into our lives and the rituals and practices that can be done to enable this.
Witnessing how nature leads the way, we will explore shamanic ritual and connection to spiritual allies through trance, to receive the wisdom and guidance relevant to our lives so that we can transform who we are into what we need to become.
Sunday 28 February 2021
11:00am - 5:00pm
For more info click here
Emergency Community Fundraiser for the Wixarika Nation!
Due to Covid restrictions in Mexico the Wixarika communities have been hit hard as they have been unable to travel to sell their artwork or to outside work. They already live a subsistence life and are presently struggling to feed the community. We have set up a GoFund me fundraiser to bring food and basic supplies up to the communities to assist them at this time.
Please give generously to help us reach the target to be able to feed two communities. More details are here https://www.gofundme.com/f/wixarika-huichol-fundraiser?utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR2SNL6XtgOPvFpAqJeTJLjmb8s17xg3BP0Lwaz5E8a8dJEh_FZPvdzFnow
New Three Year Shamanic Training 2021
We are delighted to announce that our new, greatly expanded, Three Year Shamanic Practitioner Training will be beginning in the Spring of 2021. Due to the nature of the work increasing in depth over the years and the focus and commitment needed to train to be a shamanic healer, the course has been expanded to include an extra year’s worth of content. We are now accepting submissions to be considered for the training beginning April 2021.
This will be the twelfth consecutive year that this course has run and as we are guided by spirit to bring back these ancient techniques and make them relevant for the modern world.
Details of the course are here. Or please contact us here if you are interested. The submissions process begins with an interview with Jez to see if that the course will be suitable for you and give you the chance to find out more and ask any relevant questions.
Please note, this training tends to fill quickly, with usually quite a long waiting list. So if it does call to you it's advised to get in contact as soon as possible.
*Please note, we are now full for the new Three Year Practitioner Training beginning in April 2021. A new training will be opening up in 2022, please contact us to register an interest or to be put on the waiting list for 2021 in case of cancellations.*
Wixarika (Huichol) Retreat & Teaching Course
We’re delighted to welcome you to a unique five day event amongst the mountains of Snowdonia where the ancient shamanistic culture of the Wixarika, in Spanish Huichol, from north central Mexico will be sharing the wisdom and teachings of their culture.
This is the first time in the U.K. that Marakame’s (shamans) from the Wixarika will be opening up in such depth about the cultural traditions and practices that underpin their cosmology. And how this cosmology informs and feeds the shamanistic ceremonies and healing practices that lie at the heart of their way of life -keeping the people and the land healthy and in balance.
It is an opportunity to learn directly from an unbroken tradition how a fully functioning shamanic society operates and keeps their ancient practices alive, even in the face of pressures that modern society exerts. This will, in turn, inspire and teach us in the U.K. valuable lessons as we attempt to remember our old traditions and renew shamanistic ways here.
The course will end with a big collective offering to the land, helping us to reconnect with the ways of our ancestral powers that are still alive in the landscape. There will also be the opportunity to take part in a Wixarika Fire ceremony so what has been learnt about the culture can be directly experienced.
This will be part of a five year commitment that the Marakames have made, to come back each year and teach us about different aspects of their culture, so it is a real opportunity to go on a deep journey with them.
For anyone committed to, or interested in, a shamanic or medicine path, or an ecological approach that has spirituality at the heart of it, this is an invitation to learn directly from an indigenous culture that stretches back thousands of years. To remind us, of what it means to be human, beneath the modern mask of civilisation and live in harmony and balance with nature and ourselves.
Highlights of the course will include:
Learning about the role of the Marakame (shaman). The central place they hold in the community, the different tasks they undertake as healers and ceremonial leaders, how they can be called to the path, and the many initiations and commitments that must be made during the long training.
Explanations of the Offering concept that is essential for the Wixatari relationship with their environment. How the relationship that is fostered through offerings with the invisible powers that hold the land together, contributes to a balanced environment between the human and non human communities.
What offerings are involved in the gathering of their sacrament and medicine, the sacred cactus, Hikuri. And the important role of pilgrimage and sacrifice in this.
How we can start to make the right offerings on this land to honour the ancestral spirits in the land.
Learning about traditional music and dance, its role at the centre of community and ceremonial life, including the story of the instruments and the different songs and dances that are connected to the different festivals throughout the year.
A look at the festival calendar, and how this ties with a natural cycle of nature insuring the land is kept strong and a successful harvest is had.
An all night Fire ceremony with the Blue Deer
Discussions on how we can learn from an unbroken lineage to piece together the lost traditions that lay buried in this land, that will be relevant for our societies in the modern world.
All the above will involve a mixture of traditional teaching and experiential learning.
Practical details
Dates: Saturday 24th August- Wednesday 28th August.
Venue: The beautiful Cae Mabon Retreat centre, Snowdonia which has been called ‘a Welsh Shrangi-la’. More info here: https://www.caemabon.co.uk
Cost; £395 for four nights and five days. This includes all accommodation in cottages and chalets, food, teaching and ceremony.
There are a few camping spaces available which are at a reduced rate of £325 for accommodation (camping) food, teaching and ceremony.
For more information or to reserve your place, please contact us here
New Shamanic Healer Training
We are now taking applications for the new two year intensive Shamanic Healer training beginning in the Spring of 2021. There is a brand new set of different levels which include, two, three or five year commitments.
This will be the twelfth consecutive year that this course has run and as ever the work deepens as we are guided by spirit to bring back these ancient techniques and make them relevant for the modern world.
Details of the course are here. Or please contact us here if you are interested
Please note, this training tends to fill quickly. So if it does call to you it's advised to get in contact as soon as possible.
Finding Healing through Meaning, Purpose and Service at the College of Psychic Studies London
The modern world, through our cosmological understanding of our place in the universe, stands on an existential crisis of lack of meaning. This is affecting both the mental and physical health of people. Without meaning, it is difficult to find purpose in life and both are traditionally seen as essential to health.
Shamanistic cultures offer us a gift, in that their whole worldview is imbued with meaning and purpose. The landscape and everything that surrounds them is alive, full of signs that can be read and interpreted, with humans sitting at the heart of a complicated ecological and spiritual relationship with all of life.
In this workshop we will focus on using shamanic techniques of trance and ceremony, to assist you in revealing deeper meaning in your lives.
This will include bringing understanding to difficult and painful, past experiences.
We will also explore how this meaning can direct your actions to bring a much greater sense of life purpose.
This can help you to truly be of service to spirit, to your loved ones, your communities and the wider world and bring great healing.
Talk:
Friday 10th May, 7.00pm- 8.30pm
Workshop:
Saturday 11th May 10.00am- 5.00pm
More Details on the link below
Exploring Altered States of Consciousness Talk- London, Brighton & Bristol
Is it possible to experience altered states of consciousness? And if so, what are the pros and con's and reaching 'non-rational' states? Join Jez Hughes, a practitioner of shamanism with decades of experience, for a fascinating talk on the topic.
In traditional indigenous societies shamanic trance states are often seen as the bedrock of a healthy life, society and culture. In the modern western world, such altered states of consciousness are seen at best as entertaining distractions or, worst they are viewed as pathological and dangerous. Yet the human drive to experience such non-rational states has never gone away and it could be argued is rising all the time.
In this talk, we will explore how such states of consciousness are reached in shamanic societies, what their purpose is, and the potential dangers and pitfalls of working in this way. We will also explore how modern society could benefit from consciously engaging with the different realms of reality that are accessed through trance states. How this might satisfy our desire to find a meaning and purpose that is often so lacking in modern life. And finally, how it could help us face up to the ecological crisis we are facing in modern times.
Date: Wednesday 24th April
Venue: Beach, Blanket, Babylon - Shoreditch, London
Doors: 7pm / Talk starts: 7.30pm.
https://uk.funzing.com/funz/exploring-altered-states-of-consciousness-20024?internal_ref=host-page
Date Thursday 25th April
Venue: The Walrus - Brighton
https://uk.funzing.com/funz/exploring-altered-states-of-consciousness-brighton-22000
Date: Thursday 23rd May
Venue: Loco Klub, Bristol, BS1 6QH
https://uk.funzing.com/funz/exploring-altered-states-of-consciousness-bristol-22228